Texas Public Radio: UT Health San Antonio finds link between autistic males and moms who drank diet soda while pregnant
September 22, 2023
Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, professor, Family and Community Medicine, was quoted in this story. Read More
KSAT 12: Diet sodas, other aspartame-sweetened beverages linked to autism, UT Health San Antonio study finds
September 22, 2023
Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed for this news segment and Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, professor, Family and Community Medicine, was quoted in this story. Watch Now
San Antonio Express-News: Drinking diet soda during pregnancy linked to autism, UT Health San Antonio study finds
September 22, 2023
Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, and Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, professor, Family and Community Medicine, were quoted in this story. Read More
Drinking diet sodas and aspartame-sweetened beverages daily during pregnancy linked to autism in male offspring
September 20, 2023
A new published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has found an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable amount of aspartame by their mothers during pregnancy or breastfeeding. In this case-control […]
Autism-linked gene, if deleted, results in less myelin
December 22, 2021
Myelin, a sheath of insulation around nerves that enables electrical impulses to efficiently travel through the central nervous system, is diminished in mice that have a gene deletion associated with autism spectrum disorder, new research finds.
Autism-linked gene, if deleted, results in less myelin
December 20, 2021
Mice missing one copy of the Tbx1 gene exhibit slower cognitive processing. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 20, 2021) — Myelin, a sheath of insulation around nerves that enables electrical impulses to efficiently travel through the central nervous system, is diminished in mice that have a gene deletion associated with autism […]